The Best Cookbooks for the Foodies in Your Life

The modern bookshelf isn’t what it used to be. Though I still like holding a real book, the convenience of the Kindle means most of my books are digital. Recipes are readily available online, but the photos, recipes, and stories scattered throughout a cookbook lend themselves to thumbing though real pages.

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I love all cookbooks, so it can be tough to pick favorites, but these are my tried and true books that I reference often. If you’re looking for a cookbook for yourself or someone else, here are a few suggestions:

When cooking a steak, should you flip it once or flip constantly? Why can’t you make mashed potatoes in a blender? What’s the best way to cut a fennel bulb? These answers and more in this cooking-meets-food-science bible.

For those who can’t get enough carbs: Hot Bread Kitchen by Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez and Julia Turshen

Bread brings people together, and the bakers at Hot Bread Kitchen bring their unique backgrounds to the table as well. The book features dozens of international breads as well as the stories of the women who bake them.

(Note: I also work at Hot Bread Kitchen, and can confirm the people in the book are as great in person as they seem on the page.)